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Final Score Prediction

Titans 26, Bills 24

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Tennessee Titans
Rank  Player Projections
QB 14 Matt Hasselbeck Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 19 Chris Johnson Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 48 Jamie Harper Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 19 Kenny Britt Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 33 Nate Washington Rec: 3-50, 1 TD
WR 35 Kendall Wright Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
TE 12 Jared Cook Rec: 5-50, 0 TD
K 1 Rob Bironas FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2
DEF 19 Defense / ST  
 
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 18 Ryan Fitzpatrick Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 11 Fred Jackson Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 13 C.J. Spiller Rush: 60, 1 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 10 Steve Johnson Rec: 8-90, 1 TD
WR 49 Donald Jones Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 16 Scott Chandler Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 24 Rian Lindell FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 21 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Titans Club aims for 5th straight win vs. Bills... QB Matt Hasselbeck (198) needs 2 TDs to reach 200 career. Hasselbeck is 2-1 as starter at Buf... RB Chris Johnson has 100+ rush yards (132, 153) & 2 TDs in each of 2 career meetings vs. Buf. Tied career-best in rec. (9) & rec. yards (100) vs. Bills on 11/15/09. Johnson (38) needs 2 rush TDs to become 3rd player in club history to reach 40 career (EARL CAMPBELL, 73; EDDIE GEORGE, 64). Has 29 career 100-yard rush games & Titans are 21-8 (.724) in such games. Needs 100-yard rush game to join Campbell (39) & George (36) as only players to reach 30 in club history. Since '08, Johnson leads NFL with 5,946 rush yds... WR Nate Washington averages 19.5 yds per catch in '12 (17 rec., 331 yards). Has rec. in 68 consecutive games. WR Kendall Wright leads NFL rookies with 33 rec. WR Kenny Britt posted 1st TD catch since 9/18/11 last week... Since '11, TE Jared Cook ranks 2nd in AFC among TEs w/ 1,050 rec. yds... LB Akeem Ayers leads team w/ 56 tackles... CB Jason McCourty posted 1st INT of season last week.

Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has 528 pass yards with 6 TDs & 91.7 passer rating at home in '12. Fitzpatrick (68) needs 2 TD passes to become 4th Bills QB to reach 70 career... RB Fred Jackson (3,920) needs 80 rush yards to join HOFers THURMAN THOMAS (11,938) & O.J. SIMPSON (10,183) & JOE CRIBBS (4,445) as only Bills to reach 4,000 career. Posted 1st rush TD of season last week. RB C.J. Spiller averages 7.6 yards per carry in '12 (60 att., 453 yards)... WR Steve Johnson (197) needs 3 catches to reach 200 career. Totaled season-best 82 rec. yards last week... TE Scott Chandler is tied for 2nd among NFL TEs with 4 TD rec... Defense tied season-high with 5 sacks last week...LB Nick Barnett tied career-high with 2 sacks last week...DE Mario Williams has 5.5 career sacks in 9 games vs. Ten. Williams recorded 2 sacks last week, most as Bill... S Jairus Byrd posted 4th career game with 2 INTs last week... PR Leodis McKelvin has NFL-best 24 PR avg. in '12.


Results and Schedule
Tennessee Titans
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NE H L 13-34 -21
2 2012-09-16 SD A L 10-38 -28
3 2012-09-23 DET H W 44-41 +3
4 2012-09-30 HOU A L 14-38 -24
5 2012-10-07 MIN A L 7-30 -23
6 2012-10-11 PIT H W 26-23 +3
7 2012-10-21 BUF A W 35-34 +1
8 2012-10-28 IND H    
9 2012-11-04 CHI H    
10 2012-11-11 MIA A    
11   Bye      
12 2012-11-25 JAC A    
13 2012-12-02 HOU H    
14 2012-12-09 IND A    
15 2012-12-17 NYJ H    
16 2012-12-23 GB A    
17 2012-12-30 JAC H    
   
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NYJ A L 28-48 -20
2 2012-09-16 KC H W 35-17 +18
3 2012-09-23 CLE A W 24-14 +10
4 2012-09-30 NE H L 28-52 -24
5 2012-10-07 SF A L 3-45 -42
6 2012-10-14 ARI A W 19-16 +3
7 2012-10-21 TEN H L 34-35 -1
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 HOU A    
10 2012-11-11 NE A    
11 2012-11-15 MIA H    
12 2012-11-25 IND A    
13 2012-12-02 JAC H    
14 2012-12-09 STL H    
15 2012-12-16 SEA H    
16 2012-12-23 MIA A    
17 2012-12-30 NYJ H    

Injury Report
Tennessee Titans
Out  CB Tommie Campbell (ankle)
 QB Jake Locker (shoulder)
 RB Javon Ringer (knee)
Questionable  DT Jurrell Casey (shoulder)
 MLB Colin McCarthy (ankle)
IR  DE Dave Ball (concussion, 8/31)
 DE Keyunta Dawson (hamstring, 9/26)
 DT Leger Douzable (shoulder, 8/31)
 WR Marc Mariani (leg, 8/27)
 SLB Gerald McRath (knee, 8/23)
PUP  FS Markelle Martin (knee)
   
Buffalo Bills
Out  DE Mark Anderson (knee)
Questionable  DE Spencer Johnson (ankle)
 CB Terrence McGee (knee)
 FS Da'Norris Searcy (ankle)
 DT Kyle Williams (ankle)
Probable  WR Brad Smith (chest)
 DE Mario Williams (wrist)
IR  CB Ron Brooks (foot, 9/4)
 WR David Nelson (knee, 9/11)

Offense Stats Comparison
  TEN
 Offense 
BUF
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 15.8 24.8 23.3 BUF
Rushing yards 60.8 149.0 112.3 BUF
Rushing yards per attempt 3.66 5.06 4.16 BUF
Completion % 61.5% 57.6% 61.9% TEN
Passing yards 229.5 180.0 242.7 TEN
Passing yards per completion 10.16 11.08 11.07 BUF
Passing yards per attempt 6.25 6.39 6.86 BUF
Interceptions 1.0 1.3 1.0 TEN
Fumbles lost 0.8 1.0 0.7 TEN
Sacks allowed 1.8 1.0 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 40.0% 39.7% 38.4% TEN
4th down conversions 60.0% 100.0% 59.2% BUF
Time of possession 27:40 29:49 30:15 BUF
  Defense Stats Comparison
  TEN
 Defense 
BUF
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 35.0 31.5 23.3 BUF
Rushing yards 136.5 174.3 112.3 TEN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.01 5.75 4.16 TEN
Completion % 71.9% 60.3% 61.9% BUF
Passing yards 277.5 263.8 242.7 BUF
Passing yards per completion 11.03 12.21 11.07 TEN
Passing yards per attempt 7.94 7.36 6.86 BUF
INT return 0.5 1.0 1.0 BUF
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.8 0.7 BUF
Sacks 1.0 2.5 2.3 BUF
3rd down conversions 43.2% 44.2% 38.4% TEN
4th down conversions 66.7% 100.0% 59.2% TEN
Time of possession 34:26 31:08 30:15 BUF

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   TEN   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 12.2 24.0 9.9 BUF
Yards per kick return 27.7 25.8 24.6 TEN
Yards allowed per punt return 5.6 16.1 9.9 TEN
Yards allowed per kick return 28.7 23.9 24.6 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   TEN   BUF  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 6.5 5.3 6.6 BUF
Penalty yards 52.3 38.3 57.0 BUF

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 6 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 1 to 6 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Tennessee Titans vs. Buffalo Bills
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 1 2000-09-03 TEN BUF 13-16 BUF
2003 15 2003-12-14 BUF TEN 26-28 TEN
2006 16 2006-12-24 TEN BUF 30-29 TEN
2009 10 2009-11-15 BUF TEN 17-41 TEN
2011 13 2011-12-04 TEN BUF 23-17 TEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.